Hope no one cares I am opening an OLD topic.
So started Crossfit in September 2011. Stuck with it for about 2 weeks and then I stopped. Don’t know why I stopped but I did. Started back up begining of Feb 2012 and have been doing it non-stop since then. Only been doing it 3 months and already it has changed my life.
I have never been an out of shape person. I played competative soccer from 9 years old till college. I havn’t done anything physical since then other than Air Force PT. I have always had at least 10:30 1.5 mile. I weighed in at 189. My upper body has always been lacking though and apparently I didn’t have a strong core. When I started I could do “uh” pull-up and you can forget snatch and clean, and WTF is a Double Under. I could barely reach mid shin when doing toe touches. My diet was terrible and I never gave it much thought. I just wasn’t anywhere near as athletic as I was when I was 17 and 18 and that was only 5 years ago.
I had to do something. So I read up on crossfit. I have been through these forums nonstop, learning everything I can. Nutrition, to much work, to little work, pushing to fast, workouts, subs, what works best for progression, adding strength, and on and on. I never miss a WOD unless I need the rest. I post every workout and use that to keep myself motivated. I can see how I compare to those who are around my skill bracket. Yes, I am competing with all you who do Pack.
3 Months in and I can now do 5 Consecutive Pull-ups and then 5 more and so on and so forth. I now have a warm-up that is harder than my Air Force PT could ever pretend to be. I can also finally touch my toes, better yet, I can put my palms on the floor. I make PR’s all the time. Doubles unders NO SWEAT! As I progressed, I realized to make it all worth it I had to fix my diet. Sodas were out. I am quickly dropping all excess simple carbs. Putting much better stuff in to get so much more out. I feel a million times better than I did even in my Soccer days. I now weight 182 and am getting pretty ripped. I now have shoulders haha.
Crossfit did something for me that I hope it does for everyone. Physical fitness aside, it really did change my life. 23 years old and had it in my head that I could eat whatever, do whatever and still be thin and kickass. Looking now I had so much potential and I have been wasting it and crossfit helped me see that. I encorage everyone I talked to about fitness to at least try it, because if they take half of what I have taken from it, their lives will be infinitly better. This stuff is awesome.
I drank the Cool-Aid. I’m in this for life.
I think it should be in all the schools across the country and it would help our kids tremendously. No need for meds, just get some confidence, some fitness, some support. What a difference!
